Overview of transfusion practices in perioperative and critical care

Vox Sanguinis, Supplement

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Hébert, Paul C ^a,c   McDonald, B J ^a,b   Tinmouth, A ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TRANSFUSION;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444343690     PISSN: 17416892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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